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No. 7||,948'. Patented Oct. 28, |902.

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JAMES DODGE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

VISE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 711,948, dated October28, 1902.

Application filed June 13, 1902. saranno. 111,469. (No modele To @ZZwhom, it Wbay concern.:

Beit known that I, JAMES DODGE, a citizen of the United States, residingat Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Vises; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to numerals of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in vises; and the inventionhas reference more particularly to a novel construction of visecomprising a pair of adjustable sliding jaws for bringing said jaws intheir approximate holding relation with the piece of work which is to beheld between the jaws and provided with a tightening means cooperatingwith one of the jaws of the vise for causing the positive holdingengagement of the said jaws of the vise with the work held between thesaid jaws.

The present invention therefore has for its principal objects to providea simple, inexpensive, and efficient construction of vise both jaws ofwhich are adjustable with relation to the main stock or bar, the severalparts being slidably arranged, thereby doing away with the usual screwshank or stock now or ordinarily used and providing a vise which may beused with economy of time and a saving of labor in doing a variety ofwork where ajvise is serviceable.

The invention consists, primarily, in the novel construction of visehereinafter more fully set forth, as well as in the various novelarrangements and combinations of the parts thereof, all of which will bemore particularly described in the following specification and thenfinally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a vise made according to theprinciples of my invention; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal verticalsection of the same, the said view illustrating the 'holding-jaws of thevise in their relatively locked engagement on the main stock or bar ofthe vise. Fig. 3 is adetail view, on an enlarged scale, of a portion ofthe main stock or bar and a part in section of one of the jaws of thevise, the parts being represented in their unlocked relation to permitof a sliding movement of the jaw on said stock or bar; and Fig. 4 is atransverse vertical section on an enlarged scale, said section beingtaken on line 4 4 in Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrow 0c.Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a holding or locking pin or key which isused with the said main stock or bar and one of the said holding-jaws.Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a modified construction of vise, but stillembodying the leading features of my invention. Fig. '7 is a top or planview of the same; and Fig. 8 is a transverse vertical section taken online 8 8 in Fig. 6 looking in the direction of the arrow y in saidsimilar figure. I

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the saidhereinabove-described views to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the several figures of the drawings, the referencecharacter 1 indicates the complete construction of vise, of which themain stock or bar is indicated by the reference-numeral 2, and 3 and 4are the respective j aw-bodies. The said jawbody 3 in Figs. 1 to 4,inclusive, is made with the usual jaw portion or member 5 and with adownwardlyextending leg or fastening member 6, which is suitably securedat the front edge of the work-bench 7 by means of bolts 8 or any othersuitable fastening means. The said jaw-body 3 is provided in its mainbody portion with a rearwardly-extending opening 9, preferably of arectangular cross-section, in which is fitvted and is slidably arranged,so as to be capable of being pulled in or out, the main portion of saidstock or bar 2. This stock or bar 2 is of a similar cross-section, asclearly represented in Fig. 4 of the drawings; but of course it will beevident that the said opening 9 and said stock or bar 2 may be of anyother cross-section. The said jaw 3 is also provided with transverse orlaterally-extending ducts 10 and 11 of a circular cross-section and thesemicircular duct portion 12, arranged directly above and incommunication with the said main opening 9, the said ducts 10 and ,11and the semicircular duct portion 12 all IOO being in alinement andadapted to receive for rotative arrangement therein a holding-pin 13.The said pin 13 is provided with a suitable finger-piece I4 or othersuitable means for turning the said pin and is retained in place by awasher 15 and a small pin 16, connected with the end portion 17 of thepin 13, as illustrated; but it will be understood that any otherfastening or retaining means may be employed with the said pin 13 forholding it in its operative and rotative position in said ducts 10 and1l and the duct portion 12. The said holding-pin 13 is also made with acutaway portion 18, having a flat surface 19 directly beneath the uppersemicylindrical and central portion 20 of said pin13, substantially asillustrated. Then this upper semicylindrical portion 20 of the said pin13 has been arranged in the semicircular duct 12 of the jaw-body 3, thenan unobstructed passageway for the sliding movement of the stock or bar2 is provided within the said main body portion of said jaw 3, as willbe clearly evident from an inspection of Figs. 2 and 4; but when saidpin 13 has been rotated in said ducts 10 and 11, so as to bring itssemicylindrical portion 20 out of the semicircular duct portion 12 andinto one of a number of semicircular and laterally-extending grooves 21in the upper edge portion of the stock or bar 2, then the said stock orbar will be retained in a held or fixed position in the opening 9 of thejaw-body 3, as illustrated in Fig. 3, until the said pin 13 is againrotated acne-half turn, whereby the semicylindrical portion 20 againenters the seinicircular duct portion 12 to permit of a sliding movementof the stock or bar 2 and bring the latter into any other adjustedrelation with the jaw-body 3. The forward end portion of the said stockor bar2 is made with a screw shank or member 22, the part 23 of saidstock or bar 2, from which the said screw shank or member 22 extends,being suitably arranged in a receiving-socket 24, formed on the innerside of the other jawbody 4 of the vise, as shown. The said jawbody 4 isprovided with the usual jaw portion 25, and in the wall 26 of saidjaw-body 4 there is an opening 27, through which the said screw shank ormem ber 22 extends. The arrangement of the said part 23 and the screwshank or member 22 of the said stock or bar 2 within the socket 24 andthe opening 27, respectively, is such that the jaw-body 4is capable of alimited movement, substantially as and for the purposes to behereinafter more particularly set forth. Upon the said screw shank ormember 22 is operatively arranged a nut 28, having a reduced portion 29,on which is placed a wrench 30, which can be placed about the polygonalportion 31 of the nut 28 for turning the latter, and thereby bringingthe preferably conically formed end surface 32 in operative contact witha cone-- shaped receiving depression 33 in the jawbody 4 and forcing thelatter in a direction toward the other jaw-body 3, as will be clearlyevident. The jaw-body 3 is also preferably made with the inclinedsurface 34 for clearance.

Now suppose it is desired to hold and secure a piece of work between thetwo holdingjaws of the two jaw-bodies 3 and 4. The pin 13 is turned soas to stand in the position indicated in Figs. 2 and 4, and the stock orbar 2 and jaw-body 4 are then both pulled forward in the direction ofthe arrow fc, so as to separate the holding-jaw portions of the twojawbodies 3 and 4 the required distance to receive the piece of work.The pin 13 is then given a half-turn to bring the semicylindrical part18 in the groove 2l of the stock or bar 2, which has been broughtdirectly below the semicircular duct portion 12 in the opening 9. Thework is now held by hand between the jaw portions of the jaw-bodies 3and 4, and the nut 28 is firmly screwed against the outer face of thejaw-body, whereby said jaw-body 4 will be moved toward the work and thelatter will be firmly and securely held in a fixed position between thejaw portions of the two jaw-bodies 3 and 4.

In Figs. 6, 7, and 8 of the drawings I have illustrated the use of mynovel construction of vise with a table or bench, the stock or bar 2 inthis case being arranged in a fixed position upon and extending acrossthe top of the table or bench, but in this instance both jawbodies 3 and4 being slidably arranged on said stock or bar 2, whereby the vise isespecially adapted for the holding between the jaw portions of the viseof pieces of work of great widths. In this construction of vise thestock 2 and the jaw-bodies 3 and 4 are made in the same manner as thecorresponding parts of the vise construction described and illustratedin connection with Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive. In the present construction,however, the stock or bar 2 is provided with a screw threaded shank 35at its rear end, which is suitably secured by means of a nut 36 or othersuitable fastening means to a standard or bracket 37, extending in anupward direction above the upper surface of the table or bench, asshown. Suitably secured to thefront of the table or bench, by means ofbolts 33, is a plate 39, having a rectangularly-formed opening 40, inwhich the said stock or bar is arranged, as clearly illustrated, and itwill thus be seen that said stock or bar 2 is supported in a fixedposition above the table or work-bench. The jaw-body 3 in this case,however, is made without the downwardly-extending leg or fasteningmember 6, said jaw-body 3 being slidably arranged upon the stock or bar2, which is provided with the grooves 21 and is locked or held in itsadjusted position, by means of the pin 13, in the manner hereindescribed in connection with the construction of vise illustrated inFigs. 1 to 4, inclusive. The other jawbody 4 is tightened against thework, by means of the nut 28 and wrench 30, in the same manner as hasbeen hereinabove described.

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I am fully aware that changes may be made in the various arrangementsand combinations of the parts without departing from the scope of mypresent invention. Hence I do not limit my invention to the exactarrangements and combinations of the parts as described in the previousspecification and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, nor do Icou- -fine myself to the exact details of the construction of the saidparts.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim isl. In a vise,thecombination with a non-rotative stock, provided with transverse grooves,and a pair of jaw-bodies 3 and 4, the said jaw-body 3 having alongitudinally-extending opening in which the said stock is arranged,all arranged to be brought in sliding relation with one another, foradjustment according to the work to be held, the said jaw-body 3 beingprovided with a pair of laterally-extending ducts l0 and ll, and asemicircular duct 12, all in alinement, and a pin in said ducts,havingacut-away part and correspondingly-placed semicylindrical bodyportion adapted to register with one of said grooves in the stock tohold said jaw-body in its Xed relation to the said stock, and said pinbeing rotatively arranged so that said semicylindrical body portion canbe removed from its holding engagement with the groove in the stock andmade to register with said semicircular duct l2 to permit of a slidingmovement, and means on the forward end portion of said stock forengagement with said jawbody 4 to move said jaw-body 4 into its rmholding engagement with the work, substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

2. In a vise,the combination,with a non-rotative stock, provided withtransverse grooves, and a pair of jaw-bodies, 3 and 4, the said jaw-body3 having a longitudinally-extending opening in which the said stock isarranged, all arranged to be brought in sliding relation with oneanother, for adjustment according to the work to be held, the saidjaw-body 3 being provided with a pair of laterally-extending ducts 10and 1l and a semicircular duct 12, all in alinement, and a pin in lsaidducts having a cut-away part and correspondingly-placed semicylindricalbody portion adapted to register with one of said grooves in the stockto hold said jaw-body in its fixed relation to the said stock, said pinbeing rotatively arranged so that said semicylindrical body portion canbe removed from its holding engagement with the groove in the stock andmade to register with said semicircular duct12 to permit ofa slidingmovement, and means on the forward end portion of said stock forengagement with saidjaw-body 4 to move said j aw-body 4 into its firmholding engagement with the work, consisting, essentially, of ascrew-shank on the said forward free end portion of the stock, and a nuton said screw shank adapted to be screwed against the said jaw-body 4,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. Inavise,the combination with anon-rotative stock, provided withtransverse grooves, and a pair of jaw-bodies 3 and 4, the said jaw-body3 having a longitudinally-extending opening in which the said stock isarranged, all arranged to be brought in sliding relation with oneanother, for adjustment according to the work to be held, the saidjaw-body 3 being provided with a pair of laterally-extending ducts l0and l1 and a semicircular duct l2, all in alinement, and a pin in saidducts, a cut-away part and correspondingly-placed semicylindrical bodyportion adapted to register with one of said grooves in the stock tohold said jaw-body in its fixed relation to the said stock, said pinbeing rotatively arranged so that said semicylindrical body portion canbe removed from its holding engagement with the groove in the stock andmade to register with said semicircular duct l2 to permit of a slidingmovement, and means on the forward end portion of said stock forengagement with said jawbody 4 to move said jaw-body 4 into its firmholding engagement with the work, consisting, essentially, of ascrew-shank on the said forward free end portion of the stock, and a nuton said screw-shank adapted to be screwed against the said jaw-body 4,the said jawbody 4 having a cone-shaped depression 33, and said nuthaving a cone-surface 32 for engagement with said depressionsubstantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony thatI claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 10th day of June, 1902.

JAMES DODGE.

Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, GEO. D. RICHARDS.

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